We did have a governor appointed by the President. I believe it was considered a territory of the United States. We were part of a federal court circuit. I d

We did have a governor appointed by the President. I believe it was considered a territory of the United States. We were part of a federal court circuit. I don’t think it was a lease. My understanding is that the Bunau-Varilla treaty gave the U.S. rights over the land in perpetuity but that this was not a lease. It was a weird entity though as all the land was owned by the Panama Canal Company or the military.